Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:22:30 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, jc@irbs.com, mike@smith.net.au, peter@netplex.com.au, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dog Sloooow SMP Message-ID: <199811091022.VAA22031@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> FreeBSD should use its own bitmap of capabilities and not test the Intel >> flags except once to translate them. 32 general flags might even be >> enough. >> > >How about 64 for the odd case that K7 actually materialises as promised >and people start putting them in dual motherboards? That would be almost twice as slow for CC=gcc. CC=egcs handles 64-bit bit tests better, especially for the low 32 bits. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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